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teenagers contribute nothing to the GDP. we could ignore them completely and they'd still turn into reasonable adults at the same rate. How about making school
by awinter-py 10y ago
teenagers contribute nothing to the GDP. we could ignore them completely and they'd still turn into reasonable adults at the same rate. How about making school curricula marginally more specialized and employing the smartest 5% in challenging internships? short of that I can't imagine anything moving the needle on teens.
Anybody who thinks aggressive movie ratings makes a difference to young people in 2016 shouldn't be considered safe to drive a car.
- Retric 10y agoMany teenagers do work, others can be a massive drain on the economy. Wait, no everyone in the US is just like you never mind.
- awinter-py 10y agohttp://taxfoundation.org/blog/which-age-groups-bear-largest-share-tax-burden http://taxfoundation.org/blog/which-age-groups-bear-largest-... 2% of tax returns are filed by teens accounting for 0% of IRS revenue.
- Kristine1975 10y ago>teenagers contribute nothing to the GDP. we could ignore them completely Yes, let's reduce people to their economic value. Also pocket money.
- cylinder 10y agoThis actually used to be the way of parenting until a couple of generations ago. Just stay out of kids way and they'll figure it out. Be there to make sure they don't kill themselves or others. But otherwise you don't curate their lives. We're infantalizing everyone now. I was in a law school class (everyone 25+) where the federal judge lecturer called us all "kids." The age of majority seems to have inflated up from 18 to around 27 in America.
- saiya-jin 10y agoanybody who thinks human beings are copy&paste robots and we should treat them only as numbers in balance sheet shouldn't be allowed to drive. or post here for that matter. there you go. i just lowered myself to your level. ugly.